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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · May 21, 2018
Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide Congress with:
certain planning and implementation documents and contracts related to its Electronic Health Record Modernization program to implement an electronic health or medical record system to replace any or all of the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture, the Computerized Patient Record System, the Joint Legacy Viewer, or the Enterprise Health Management Platform;
quarterly updates of certain of such documents;
copies of related contracts, orders, or agreements within 5 days; and
notice within 10 days of delays of any milestone or deliverable exceeding 30 days, change requests exceeding $1 million, protest submissions, data losses, or breaches of patient privacy.
People & committees
Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · D–MN
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4253)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4253)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4245.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4253-4254)
Mr. Dunn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 534.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-691.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-691.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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